What would you do if you were suddenly given two months’ paid leave? Apparently, most people in England would do some gardening.
Just imagine the situation. Carol (a fictitious employee) has just resigned from her job at a computer software company. Initially, the company are shocked as she’s one of their top program developers. But then they start to worry. What if she helps the competition? What if she copies a client database and takes it with her? Carol still has 30 days to serve at the company, but now they don’t want her in the office for security reasons. So, they inform her that is officially on “gardening leave” – still on the payroll, but not permitted to come into the office.